Read4K Priority Zip Codes

To identify places in Jefferson County to prioritize early childhood resource delivery, the Ready4K Alliance has developed an index based on community-level data. The index is constructed using a a regression-based model to combine five factors highly associated with kindergarten readiness:

1. The ratio of pre-K children to available childcare slots
2. The percent of households below 200% of the federal poverty level
3. The rate of births to young mothers
4. The rate of preterm births
5. The percent of kindergartners who attended a formal childcare setting in the prior year.

The result is a 0-100 scale representing the adequacy of early childhood resources to meet a community’s need compared to the other communities in the county.

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